Intervention Orders
What is an Intervention Order (IVO)?
An Intervention Order can help protect you from another person’s violent behaviour.
An IVO can also be used to protect your children, pets, and property.
Want to file or fight an IVO? Or simply want to learn more about IVOs? Contact commUnity+ Legal to find out more.
When you're already at court
If you are already at Court, you can ask for the free services of a duty lawyer. We have duty lawyers at a number of Victorian Magistrates’ Courts for intervention order (IVO) matters. We currently have a duty lawyer at the following courts:
- Sunshine Magistrates’ Court
- Wyndham Law Courts
- Bacchus Marsh Magistrates’ Court
If you have an intervention order hearing coming up and would like a duty lawyer to assist you, you need to contact the relevant Court and request a duty lawyer be assigned to you.
The Court’s contact details can be found at the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria website here.
Further Details of Allegations
When you apply for an Intervention Order (IVO), the Court needs to know why you need protection. The Magistrate will order that you submit a document known as Further Details of Allegations (FDA).
When you first make your IVO application, either you or the police prepare a short summary about the family violence you have experienced. FDA are similar, but contain more detail and the evidence of your allegations.
Your FDA should include your allegations, any evidence you have, and a list of any witnesses you intend to call at a hearing.
The FDA can then be considered by all parties to try and resolve the matter at the Directions Hearing.
Read the fact sheet to find out more.